robber
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The robber turned out to be an Italian glazier who helped frame the museum's paintings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The robber argued this violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection from “unreasonable searches and seizures.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In 2007, he was given a police award for bravery after tackling a robber who was attacking a delivery man with a baseball bat.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Arguing over the name of a great train robber, in the midst of more serious business, Debbie and William slide into what amounts to an Abbott and Costello routine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Finn hadn’t even had a chance to tell Chess or Emma about Tyrell saying Mom was a bank robber.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said Botezatu was smoking with a friend near to his car when the robbers approached.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But this isn’t a case about cops and robbers.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Rather than putting out a dry statement promising to cooperate with the authorities, five employees crafted a jokey response saying the robbers had taken KitKat’s “have a break” slogan a little too literally.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Until then, we’ll have to endure him playing a few more rounds of cops and robbers.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“Which was it, by truck or by cart?” the children sometimes asked her on their way to play cops and robbers in the alley.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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